Francisco Lindor has hit batting average up to .248 and his OPS to .759 after a brutal start to the season, and has been swinging a hot bat to the point that many believe he was snubbed from the All-Star Game (for now).
With Lindor’s turnaround, Evan and Tiki took time to defend the Mets shortstop, who they both believe gets way too much criticism from fans who should know by now that Lindor is a notoriously slow starter.
“Guys, he gets off to bad starts,” Evan said. “And repeating a false statement such as ‘he never gets a big hit’ doesn’t make it true.
“You knew, if you just had a little patience and a little sanity, that Lindor was going to get hot…to continue to pedal BS like ‘Lindor sucks, Lindor is washed up, Lindor can’t handle New York,’ when will you learn?”
Loogy believes the $341 million contract makes Lindor an easy target, and makes fans overlook his 30/30 campaigns and sparkling shortstop defense because of his record payday. Evan agrees, and believes it’s likely the main source of fans’ disdain.
“Stop acting like he stinks! He doesn’t stink. He didn’t stink, and you should have known better,” Evan said. “I think it’s all the money.”
Tiki says, if it’s indeed about the money, then those complaints are wildly misguided, as it was a contract Steve Cohen needed to make to show that the Mets were going to be in on big-name players.
“He had to do it. The Mets were joke,” Tiki said. “They were a laughingstock…you trade for Francisco Lindor and you overpay him. Maybe he deserves some of it, but also to change the perception of what this Mets team with Steve Cohen would be like. So stop talking about it…trust me, from Steve Cohen’s standpoint, it was all worth it.”